The Last Generation
Prof. J.S. Malan, University of the
North,
South Africa

Christians are expected to seriously
consider
the signs of the times which indicate
the
nearness of the Second Coming of Jesus
Christ
(Mt. 16:2-3). Although we are admonished
to refrain from the extreme practice
of date-setting,
we should nevertheless acquaint ourselves
with biblical references to the last
generation
as a time-frame for the fulfilment
of prophecies
about to the restoration of Jerusalem,
the
rapture, the seven-year tribulation
period
with its extensive range of apocalyptic
events,
and the Second Coming of Christ (Mt.
24:34;
Lk. 21:32).

There are different interpretations
of the
concept “generation,” depending on
the context
in which the Bible uses it. In the
original
languages the word “generation” often
refers
to a group of people – a kinship group,
a
tribe, or various other groups with
specific
characteristics, e.g. an “evil generation”
(Lk. 11:29). In other cases, however,
“generation”
refers to an age group in a particular
society,
tribe or nation. In this application
of the
term there is a chronology of generations
as younger ones succeed the older generations.
It is in this context that Matthew
1:17 says:
“So all the generations from Abraham
to David
are fourteen generations…”

Within the same people, or nation,
there
are various generations that come and
go
during the course of time, depending
on how
old the group is. These generations
overlap
partially since the old and young generations
in any society co-exist for a number
of years.
In the Bible, a clear distinction is
made
between the adult generation and the
young
generation, of which the latter comprises
children who have not yet come of age.
God
often addresses only the adult generation,
as they are held accountable to Him
for their
decisions and actions.

When the total life span of a generation
since its birth is considered, a period
of
about 70 years is suggested (Ps. 90:10).
An adult generation, however, represents
a period of about 40 years between
the ages
of 30 and 70. The Levitical priests
could
only assume office at the age of 30
(Num.
4:3), as well as the rabbi’s in later
times.
For the same reason, Jesus, as a Jewish
man,
could only start with His teaching
ministry
after reaching the age of 30 years
(Lk. 3:23).
David’s years of accountability as
king were
between 30 and 70: “David was thirty
years
old when he began to reign, and he
reigned
forty years” (2 Sam. 5:4). The priests
and
scribes serving on the Jewish Council
(Sanhedrin)
during post-exilic times could only
be appointed
after reaching the age of 30, thereby
also
assigning political significance to
the age
of 30.

Within the chronology of time there
are various
generations that succeed one another.
In
the church dispensation there is, obviously,
also a first and a last generation
– to both
of which special reference is made
in the
Bible. In the long history of Israel,
there
are three generations that are singled
out
as very important. They are the generation
associated with their exodus from Egypt
to
take possession of the Promised Land,
the
generation during which they rejected
the
Messiah and were consequently dispersed
over
the earth, and the generation associated
with their end-time restoration to
the land
of their fathers as a prelude to their
spiritual
restoration as the Chosen People of
God.
The last two of these three generations
coincide
with the first and last generations
of the
Church age. The three generations in
Israel’s
history are the following:

Taking possession of the land:
The members of the adult generation
of Jews
that were called out of Egypt to take
possession
the Promised Land were 20 years of
age or
older. At that time, adulthood was
attained
at the age of 20 when young men were
eligible
for military service (Num. 26:2,4).
It should
be clearly understood that only the
adult
generation of Israelites (those who
were
20 years or older) were held accountable
by God for their actions of spiritual
rebellion,
and consequently died in the wilderness:
“Surely none of the men who came up
from
Egypt, from twenty years old and above,
shall
see the land of which I swore to Abraham,
Isaac, and Jacob, because they have
not wholly
followed Me, except Caleb… and Joshua…
for
they have wholly followed the Lord.
So the
Lord’s anger was aroused against Israel,
and He made them wander in the wilderness
forty years, until all the generation
that
had done evil in the sight of the Lord
was
gone” (Num. 32:11-13).

Many of the members of this generation
died
of unnatural causes in the wilderness
because
of their spiritual waywardness. Two
members
of the same generation, Caleb and Joshua,
were counted worthy by the Lord to
survive
the wilderness wanderings and take
possession
of the Promised Land seven years after
crossing
the River Jordan. Joshua said that
he was
40 years old when Moses sent him out
as a
spy from Kadesh Barnea, which means
that
he was 38 during the exodus from Egypt.
When
he was 85, after the 40 years of wandering
in the wilderness and the subsequent
seven
years of the wars of conquest in Canaan,
Joshua divided the Promised Land among
the
tribes of Israel. In total, 67 years
elapsed
since the birth in Egypt of the generation
that was led out of bondage until the
final
allocation of the land to them, despite
the
fact that only two of the faithful
members
of that generation survived to the
end.

International dispersion:
The events leading up to Israel’s international
Diaspora during the first century AD
were
fulfilled within the time span of an
adult
generation of 40 years, as they were
accountable
for their rejection of the Messiah.
Through
their final act of rebellion against
God
this particular generation, the contemporaries
of Jesus, would fill the cup of their
fathers’
guilt to the brim and pay the price
for the
accumulated iniquities of the nation
(Mt.
23:31-35). Jesus said to them: “Assuredly,
I say to you, all these things will
come
upon this generation. O Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
the one who kills the prophets and
stones
those who are sent to her! How often
I wanted
to gather your children together… but
you
were not willing! See! Your house is
left
to you desolate” (Mt. 23:36-38).

The desolation of Jerusalem and the
international
dispersion of Israel are directly related
to the rejection of Jesus as Messiah.
He
clearly conveyed this message to the
inhabitants
of Jerusalem: “For the days will come
upon
you when your enemies will build an
embankment
around you, surround you and close
you in
on every side, and level you, and your
children
within you, to the ground; and they
will
not leave in you one stone upon another,
because you did not know the time of
your
visitation” (Lk. 19:43-44). He further
said
about the inhabitants of Jerusalem:
“And
they will fall by the edge of the sword,
and be led away captive into all nations.
And Jerusalem will be trampled by Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled”
(Lk. 21:24).

The adult generation to whom Jesus
addressed
these words in 32 AD were born in the
year
2 AD or before, and would experience
the
fulfilling of these prophecies during
the
40 years of their adulthood between
32 and
72 AD. Jesus effectively told them
that the
destruction of Jerusalem and the Diaspora
of Israel would occur within their
adult
lifetime. Jerusalem was destroyed in
70 AD
and during the subsequent two years
thousands
of Jewish captives of war were taken
to Rome
while many were sold as slaves in Egypt
and
other countries. By 72 AD, exactly
40 years
after Jesus had foretold the disasters
that
were imminent for that generation,
every
word was fulfilled to the letter. The
total
life span of that generation was 70
years,
counting from its birth in AD 2 and
leading
up to its adulthood in 32 AD, the year
of
the final rejection and crucifixion
of the
Messiah, and ending in 72 AD when many
of
the Jewish survivors of the Roman war
were
already in exile.

The adult generation between 32 and
72 AD
was also the first generation of the
Christian
dispensation, and therefore a transitional
one between Israel and the church.
During
this generation, Israel would be phased
out
by way of the destruction of Jerusalem
and
the nation’s international dispersion
because
of rejecting the Messiah, while the
church
would be gradually phased in among
the nations
by way of various missionary endeavours.

End-time restoration:
The end-time generation can also be
considered
within its total life span of 70 years,
or
within the 40 years of the adult generation.
The birth of the last generation coincided
with the birth of the modern state
of Israel
in May 1948, and will come to an end
70 years
later in 2018. This generation reached
adulthood
at the age of 30 in 1978, thus commencing
the 40 years of the last generation’s
adult
phase from 1978 to 2018. This fact
was demonstrated
by the constitutional maturity of Israel
in 1980 (30 years or more after its
birth
as a nation), when Jerusalem was declared
to be the eternal and indivisible capital
of Israel by prime minister Menachem
Begin,
who, during that year, moved his office
from
Tel Aviv (the former capital) to Jerusalem.
The City of the Great King (the future
capital
of the Messiah – Jer. 3:17; Is. 2:3)
was
restored as the capital of independent
Israel
in 1980, after having been trampled
by the
Gentiles for almost two millennia (Lk.
21:24).

A careful study of Luke 21 reveals
that both
the total generation of 70 years and
the
adult generation of 40 years are alluded
to in this chapter, thereby availing
us of
a 70/40 window for the interpretation
of
end-time prophecies. The following
is said
about the birth of Israel: “Look at
the fig
tree and all the trees. When they are
already
budding, you see and know for yourselves
that summer is now near” (Lk. 21:29-30).
The fig tree is a symbol of Israel
(Hos.
9:10; Jer. 24:5). The budding of the
fig
tree refers to the early beginning
of Israel’s
restoration in May 1948 as an independent
nation, and hence to the birth of the
last
generation.

After just more than 30 years of independence
the last generation attained adulthood
and
set the stage for the constitutional
restoration
of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital city
and
the hub of their religious and cultural
life.
When Israel became independent in 1948,
they
only controlled the western parts of
Jerusalem.
By that time, biblical Jerusalem (the
Old
City, or the City of David, including
the
Temple Mount) was still under Jordanian
control.
In June 1967 the entire city was recaptured
and in August 1980 officially restored
to
its former status as capital. The prophecy
that “Jerusalem will be trampled by
the Gentiles
until the times of the Gentiles are
fulfilled”
(Lk. 21:24) was physically fulfilled
in 1967,
and politically fulfilled in 1980,
but from
a religious point of view the Temple
Mount
is still trampled by Gentiles and will
only
be purified and restored to full Jewish
control
when the Messiah comes at the end of
this
generation.

After discussing the signs of the times
that
will occur after the end of Jerusalem’s
trampling
by Gentiles, Christ said: “Assuredly,
I say
to you, this generation will by no
means
pass away till all things are fulfilled”
(Lk. 21:32). The “all things” that
will be
fulfilled include the rapture (Lk.
21:36),
the time of the distress of nations,
which
is the tribulation period (Lk. 21:25-26),
and the Second Coming (Lk. 21:27).
We are
given no indication of the day, hour
or even
year of the coming of Jesus Christ
– only
of the terminal generation. As indicated,
this generation will come to an end
in 2018.
How long before the end of this generation
Christ will come, we do not know. All
that
we do know is that this generation
will not
pass away until all things are fulfilled.
It could even be a bit shorter as we
have
a promise of difficult days of tribulation
that will be shortened (Mt. 24:22).

Given the fact that the tribulation
period
will last for seven years (Dan. 9:27),
the
promise of the rapture within this
generation
cannot be fulfilled later than 2011.
However,
there is one further indication that
we have
of the possible time for the tribulation
period as it may coincide with Israel’s
restored
cycle of year-weeks – periods of seven
years
in which the seventh year is a sabbatical
year. The tribulation is often associated
with a year-week of 7 years, which
is divided
into two halves of 3½ years, 42 months
or
1260 days each (Dan. 9:27; Rev. 11:3;
13:5).
During this week of seven years the
Antichrist
will conclude a covenant with Israel
and
many other nations (Dan. 9:27).

Israel’s present year-week started
in September
2001 and will end with the Rosh Hashanah
in 2008, which means that the next
one will
elapse between 2008 and 2015. That
will be
the last full year-week that can be
fitted
into the generation of 70 years that
started
in 1948 and the adult generation of
40 years
from 1978. For this reason, much interest
is shown in the beginning of the next
year-week
in 2008. If it is fulfilled, it will
mean
that 67 years will have passed between
the
birth of modern Israel and the coming
of
Messiah in 2015(?), taking up 37 years
of
the adult generation of 40 years.

However, these dates only remain possibilities
as we know only in part as far as the
fulfilment
of biblical prophecies are concerned.
What
we definitely know is that we have
already
progressed deep into the last generation,
and that Jesus Himself promised that
this
generation will not pass away unfulfilled.
We are assured of this fact and would
certainly
not be left in the dark as to the interpretation
of the last generation! Israel is indeed
the ‘watch’ of God. If we do not “look
at
the fig tree” (Lk. 21:29) we will not
know
where we stand on the timetable of
God.

It is also obvious that this generation
constitutes
a transition between the church and
Israel.
Israel is gradually being phased in
since
1948 in anticipation of its final spiritual
restoration as foremost nation during
the
coming millennium (Jer. 31:7; Is. 60:11-14),
while the church should prepare itself
to
be phased out before the end of this
generation
by way of the rapture. The glorified
church
will, of course, also feature in the
millennial
reign of Christ as co-rulers (Rev.
2:25-27;
5:9-10; 2 Tim. 2:12). The fact that
the Lord
Jesus clearly spoke to us about the
last
generation before His Second Coming,
confronts
us with the responsibility to at least
consider
the framework and progress of this
decisive
generation, even though we do not know
how
long before the end of this generation
He
will come as the heavenly Bridegroom
in an
unknown hour to snatch away His waiting
bride
to her heavenly mansion (Jn. 14:2-3).

http://www.bibleguidance.co.za/Engarticles/Generation.htm

TJ (21 Jan 2008)"2008 to 2015 Feast Of Trumpets
to Day Of Atonement 2550 Days"

2008 to 2015

Feast of Trumpets 2008 to Day of Atonement
2015

= 2550 Days / 86 Moons.

49 normal current Sabbatical cycles
since 5727.

49 X 360 = 17640 Biblical year
days since 6 -7-1967.

Israels final Sabbatical Cycle within
a 70 year
Generation from Israels rebirth May
14, 1948.

The Jewish lunar calendar has an extra month
added about every 3 years (actually 7 months
every 19 years)
to correct for the lunar/solar difference.
Thus a given 7-year period includes
either
two or three embolic
(extra month added) years to account for
this difference, or 86 or 87 lunar months.
The average lunar
period is 29.53 days at present. Thus
a 7-year
time with 2 embolic years equals 86
x 29.53
= 2540 days
and this equates with the date of the
Feast
of Trumpets on year 7. The Day of Atonement
in year seven is
10 days later or 2550 days from the start
of the Tribulation Period. This equates exactly
to the 30 extra days
after the 2520 day tribulation period
of
Daniel’s prophecy (Daniel 12:11).
The
celebration of the Feast of
Tabernacles or Harvest, five days later,
can be considered coincidental to our
Thanksgiving
celebrations. http://www.pembrokebiblechapel.com/newsletter/oct2007.htm

Realizing that the rapture is on the Feast
of Trumpets and knowing that this in a New
Moon festival we can
count the number of moons that would appear
during this time. There are 86 moons that
will appear during
a seven year period seen on any lunar
calendar. The moon revolves around the earth every
29.530589 days.
Times this by 86 moons will equal to
2,539.63
days and can be rounded up to 2,540
days.
This would get us
back to the Feast of Trumpets seven years
later on the day 1st day of Tishri. We must
count 10 days to get
us to the Day of Atonement which gives
us
the 2,550 days allotted by God and
revealed
to His prophets
Daniel and John.http://www.unveilingthebride.com/The-Lords-Feast-Gods-Timetable

The moon revolves around the earth every
29.530589 days. 87 moons will give you about roughly
( 2579 days) between Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement
in any seven year Tishrei to Tishrei
span because 87 X 29.53 = 2569 days from
Tishrei to Tishrei seven years later + 10
DAYS to
Atonement Day = 2579 days.
Well
2579 days is too many days So
you need 86 moons between
Feast of Trumpets and Day of Atonement in
any seven year Tishrei to Tishrei span to
give you 2550
days or close to that many. Remember
only 2550 days is applicable. 86 x 29.53
from Tishrei to
Tishrei = (2540 Days rounded) + 10 days --- to
Day of Atonement = 2550 Days.

Some Christians believe that the Day of Atonement,
the sixth holiday on the Hebrew calendar,
will come
into its ultimate New Covenant fulfilment
on a climactic day in future history. Not
only will it wrap up affairs
between God and His covenant people
for the
year, the sabbatical year, and the
50 year
Jubileecycle,
but this future day of awe will be
a climactic
Day of Atonement that will come on
the last
day of this age
and on the eve of the Last judgement .

Bible scholars believe that the next feast
to be fulfilled, the Feast of Trumpets, which is Rosh Hashanah
or the Jewish New Year, will be the epic
peace treaty of Daniel 9:27. In this seven
year covenant the
sovereign land of Israel will be divided
up and ceded to a coming global peacemaker
for a period of
seven years. This seven year covenant,
which
promises peace to the Middle East,
is the
event which
initiates the 70th Week of Daniel,
the final
seven years of this age.

The reason they believe this to be so is
that the timespan encompassing the Feast of Trumpetsand the
Day of Atonement when they are seven
years
apart and when they comprise 86 moons
on
the metatonic
cycle, (and not 87 moons), is 2550
days.

86 moons = 86 x 29.530589 days + 10 days
= 2550 days (inclusive). This is the timespan
that begins on
Tishrei 1 in year X and extends out
seven
years to Tishrei 10 on year X + 7.

2550 days is a very significant time period.
This is precisely the timespan of the 70th
week of Daniel along
with the 30 day extension which goes
out
beyond the 1260 day second half of
the Prophecy of Seventy Weeksto reach the 1290 days we see prophesied
by Daniel. (Dan.12:11). 1260 days + 1290
days = 2550 days exactly.

This is quite remarkable. The timespan of
Daniel's 70th Week with its 30 day extension,
appears to be marked
out precisely by the Feast of Trumpets and
the Day of Atonement seven years later. This
is for those seven year
Tishrei to Tishrei timespans that see
86
and not 87 moons. This a very significant
discovery. It is not likely to
be a coincidence.

The calculations of these feast to feast
timespans across 86 moons and seven years
are uncomplicated and
easily verifiable. They can be confirmed
quite readily using the new moon lunar
data
from the United States Naval Observatoryor by using the Hebrew Calendar Converter available online at Hebcal.com .

I calculated seven year timeframes
from the metatonic cycle with 86 moons,
according
to Israels Sabbatical Cycle from the
Jewish
years 5706 to 5839 and the only seven
year span that matched up with
the Israel
Sabbatical and had the 86 moons, 2550
day requirements was the upcoming Israel
Sabbatical in 5769. It was the only
one
that matched in regards to Israels
Sabbatical
cycle.

(Sabbath Year 5775) The first Sabbatical
cycle of this began in 1966 (5727) and was
the
Jewish year of the six day war.
From 5727 to 5776 is 7
X 7 =
49 years it terminates
on
Tishri 2015. The final sabbatical cycle of this starts on September
30, 2008 (5769) and ends
September 14, 2015 ----- ten days later
is
Day of Atonement September 23, 2015.

Also seperately from that calculation is
this one below

Darius I confirms Jews are to rebuild the
temple - August 16, 518 BC (exact day in order to be 2,520 years to
June 7, 1967)

From the third (3rd) siege of Nebuchadnezzar
(levels Jerusalem in Av, 587 BC) to Darius I (70 years - desolations of Jerusalem) + 2,484 years, 9 months, 2 days =June 6, 1967

Israel’s present year-week started
in September 2001 and will end with the Rosh
Hashanah in 2008, which means
that the next one will elapse between
2008
and 2015. That will be the last full year-week that
can be fitted into the
generation of 70 years that started
in 1948 and the adult generation of 40 years from
1978. For this reason, much
interest is shown in the beginning
of the
next year-week in 2008. If it is fulfilled,
it will mean that 67 years will have
passed between the birth of modern
Israel
and the coming of Messiah in 2015(?),
taking
up 37 years of the adult
generation of 40 years. http://www.bibleguidance.co.za/Engarticles/Generation.htm

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Seven year-weeks since June 10, 1967, when
Jerusalem was recaptured, will have elapsed
on 23 September 2015.
Israel has reinstituted their biblical chronology
of year-weeks, of which the seventh year
in every cycle is a sabbatical
year (Lev. 25:3-4). But they follow
lunar
years which are shorter than prophetic
years
as well as seasonal years.
In order to keep track with seasonal
years
they often have leap years with a 13th month. Their next year-week will
begin with the Rosh Hashanah in September
2008 and extend until the Jewish New Year
of September 2015.
By then, seven prophetic year-weeks
since
the restoration of Jerusalem in June
1967
will expire.

The year-week from September 2008 to September
2015 is also very important from the viewpoint
of the last generation
(Luke 21:32). A last generation of 70 years
(Ps. 90:10) started with the birth of modern
Israel in May 1948, and will end in
May 2018. The last full year-week which
can
be accommodated in this generation
is the
one from September 2008 to
September 2015. From this point of
view time
is quickly running out for us.

It will soon be evidentwhether the Antichrist’s seven-year
covenant with Israel and the nations (Dan.
9:27)will indeed coincide with Israel’spresent year-week cycle. What we should clearly realise now is that
true
believers can at any moment hear the
cry:
“Behold, the Bridegroom is coming;
go out to meet Him!” (Matt. 25:6).
It will then be too late for the foolish
virgins (carnal and nominal believers)
to
prepare for His coming. Because of
their
own neglect they will face the dark night
of the tribulation under the Antichrist’s
reign of terror. During that time they
can still be saved and sanctified but
amid
great persecution. The Lord wants us
to be
spiritually worthy to escape the
coming tribulation and judgements (Luke
21:36). http://www.bibleguidance.co.za/Weekly/61%20Endtime.htm

Duration calculation results

From and including: Tuesday, September 30, 2008
To and including: Friday, December 21, 2012 Mayan
Calendar End Date.

It is 1544 days from the start date to the end date, end
date included
Mayan end date is Within The Great
Tribulation
time period

Or 4 years, 2 months, 22 days including the end date

Duration calculation results

From and including: Friday, December 21, 2012
To and including: Wednesday, September 23, 2015

It is 1007 days from the start date to the end date,
end date included

(Is 1007 a significant Bible Number
?)

Or 2 years, 9 months, 3 days including the end date

According to 86 moons and 2550 Days

2008 is Valid for the Tribulation Start and
is a the only Sabbatical cycle 08 to
015 that is.

2009 Not Valid

2010 Not Valid

2011 Not Valid

2012 Not Valid

2013 Not Valid

2014 Not Valid

2015 Not Valid

2016 Did not calculate this year and beyond
yet.

http://www.fivedoves.com/letters/jan2008/tj121-2.htm

What is the Mark of the Beast?
The mark of the beast is a combination
of
letters and symbols that will be physically
and permanently placed on your forehead
or
right hand. Most people will consider
it
an honor to receive the mark. It will
be
like a key for them that will open
doors
of acceptance, prosperity and peace.

The mark of the beast will be placed
on people
who worship the beast and choose to
receive
his mark. There will be severe penalties
for refusing the mark and great rewards
for
getting it.

Worship the beast and get his mark
The mark of the beast will be enforced.
The
people who believe in the beast and
worship
him will be glad to get his mark.

The beast is not a person or a human
organization.
The beast is Satan himself. But when
Satan
comes as the beast he will appear in
a glorious
body. People will not recognize him
as the
Devil. He will claim to be God and
most people
will believe that he is God.

The mark of the beast is an outward,
physical
symbol, showing that the wearer has
chosen
to worship the beast and receive him
as God.

Mark of the beast a symbol of worship
When two people get married the wife
will
often take the last name of the husband
as
her own. The husband and wife will
both wear
a wedding ring as a symbol of their
marriage.
Likewise, people will take the name
of the
beast and will wear his mark as a symbol
of their allegiance to him.

There will be six hundred and sixty
six different
ways to get the mark.

Read next about 666 and the mark of
the beast.

666 and the Mark of the Beast
666 comes from Revelation 13 in the
Bible.
666 is a human number that is connected
with
the mark of the beast.

Beast is Satan, claiming to be God
The beast is Satan in a brilliant,
perfect
body. He will appear to people as a
glorious
being and he claims to be God. He will
have
many names, all of which are different
names
for God. In fact, he will have a total
of
six hundred and sixty-six (666) names.

“No one could buy or sell unless he
had the
mark, which is the name of the beast
or the
number of his name. Here is wisdom.
Let him
who has understanding calculate the
number
of the beast, for it is the number
of a man:
His number is 666.” Revelation 13:17,18

666 blasphemous names
This verse tells us to calculate or
count
the number of names the beast has.
The beast
will have 666 names. When he first
comes
to earth he starts out with 7 blasphemous
names and over the next few months
he keeps
adding names until he reaches 666 blasphemous
names. These are blasphemous names
because
they claim to be God but they aren’t
God.
When you count up all of his names
there
will be 666 names.

Mark of the beast is 666 names
The mark of the beast is the name of
the
beast or any of his 666 names. In other
words,
you receive the mark of the beast by
taking
any one of the beast’s 666 names.

So why does he need so many names?
Because
he wants to appeal to every person
on earth.
He carefully select his blasphemous
names
so that one of his names will appeal
to each
person on earth.

He will come as Allah or Imam Mahdi
to the
Muslims, Maitreya Buddha to the Buddhists,
Jesus Christ to the Christians, Krishna
to
the Hindus, Messiah to the Jews, Saoshyant
to the Zoroastrians, the “Dark Lord”
to satanists,
and so on through the whole list of
666 names.

His goal is to win the worship and
allegiance
of every person on earth.

So what will the mark of the beast
look like?
Read on to find out what the mark of
the
beast will look like.

What does the Mark of the Beast
look like?
The mark of the beast will be a literal,
physical combination of letters and
symbols.
It will be permanently and prominently
engraved
or tatooed on the forehead or right
hand
of each person who gets the mark of
the beast.

The mark of the beast will include
one of
the beast's 666 names. Each of the
666 names
will be a name for God. The beast is
Satan,
coming to earth, looking like God and
saying
that he is God. Each of his names will
be
blasphemous, because he is not God.

Does the mark of the beast look nice?
The mark of the beast will look attractive
and beautiful. It will please the senses
and will excite the admiration of those
who
see it. Most people who wear it will
be proud
to have it.

The mark will be plainly visible for
all
to see. Your friends and family will
be able
to see if you have received the mark.
Your
employer can look at you and see the
mark.
When you go shopping the store clerk
will
be able to see if you are wearing the
mark
of the beast.

Read on to find out is the VeriChip
the mark
of the beast?

Is the VeriChip the Mark of the Beast?
The VeriChip is a small radio frequency
identification
device. It has an identification number
and
it is the size of a grain of rice.
The VeriChip
is implanted in the human body. It
is currently
used in some countries for medical
information.

By itself the VeriChip is not the mark
of
the beast. The mark of the beast will
only
be offered after the beast has come.
The
beast is Satan coming to earth disguised
as God. He will appear in a beautiful
body
and will require people to worship
him and
receive his mark.

VeriChip could be part of the mark
of the
beast
When Satan comes to earth claiming
to be
God he will require people to receive
the
mark of the beast. It is possible that
a
VeriChip could be implanted in the
forehead
or right hand as a part of the mark
of the
beast. This would probably only occur
in
the more industrialized countries.

Currently the VeriChip is not the mark
of
the beast. But at some point in the
future
it could be part of the physical mark
that
is put on a person's forehead or right
hand.

Mark of the beast – forehead or right
hand
“He causes all, both small and great,
rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive
a mark
on their right hand or on their foreheads,
and that no one may buy or sell except
one
who has the mark or the name of the
beast,
or the number of his name.” Revelation
13:16,17

The mark of the beast will be placed
on a
person's forehead or right hand.

Read about who will be forced to receive
the Bible mark of the beast.

Bible Mark of the Beast forced on everyone
"He also forced everyone, small
and
great, rich and poor, free and slave,
to
receive a mark on his right hand or
on his
forehead." Revelation 13:16

The beast is Satan. But he will appear
on
earth as a powerful, awesome being.
He will
claim that he is God. This will happen
very
soon.

A few months after the beast comes
to earth
he will attempt to force every person
on
earth to receive the mark of the beast.
He
will make a law requiring every person
to
receive the mark of the beast and there
will
be stiff penalities to anyone who refuses.
This law will apply to every person
in every
country on earth.

It won’t matter if you are very wealthy
or
if you are poor. It won’t matter if
you are
the leader of a great country or if
no one
knows your name. You may be free, or
you
may be in prison or in debt.

You may be old or young, male of female.
You may be very religious or you may
not
even believe in God. Nothing about
you will
matter. If you are alive you will be
under
great pressure to receive the mark
of the
beast.

If you choose to receive the mark of
the
beast it will be placed on your forehead
or on your right hand.

You will be given a choice about what
mark
you want to receive. You will be allowed
to choose from any of the 666 names
that
belong to the beast. Each of the 666
names
is a name for God. Each name is blasphemous
because the beast is not God.

The beast is Satan, pretending to be
God.
He will command you to worship him
and to
receive his mark and he won’t care
which
of his 666 names you choose.

Who will get the mark of the beast?
Almost everyone in the world will get
the
mark of the beast. There are many reasons
why people will choose to get the mark:

1. It will be required for everyone

2. There will be severe penalties for
refusing
the mark of the beast

3. There will be great rewards for
getting
the mark of the beast

4. People will believe they are honoring
God by receiving the mark of the beast

5. People will be afraid of not getting
the
mark of the beast

6. Peer pressure – most other people
are
getting the mark of the beast

7. Financial pressure – can’t buy or
sell
without the mark of the beast

People will want to get the mark of
the beast
because then they will be allowed to
buy
food, water, medicine and clothes.
They will
be able to work and get paid. Humanly
speaking,
getting the mark of the beast will
be the
logical, sane, safe, smart thing to
do. But
spiritually speaking, it is not wise
to get
the mark of the beast.

Please understand that God will not
allow
anyone to receive the mark of the beast
unless
they choose to get it. People will
not be
physically forced against their will.
But
most people will choose to worship
the beast
and to receive his mark.

Read on to find out when will the mark
of
the beast be required?

When will the Mark of the Beast be required?
It is not possible to get the mark
of the
beast right now. First of all, the
beast
does not currently exist and second
of all,
the mark is not being offered or required.

Very soon the beast will arrive on
earth.
The beast is not a person or a human
organization.
The beast is Satan himself. Satan will
appear
on earth in a glorious body and will
claim
that he is God. When he comes he will
bring
millions of his demons with him. They
will
not appear to be demons. Many of his
demons
will appear as glorious angels who
pretend
to be from heaven. Some of his demons
will
claim to be people who have died and
gone
to heaven. They will say that they
have come
back to earth to teach and help other
people.
They will appear in beautiful, perfect
bodies.

Two demons appear to be Moses and Elijah
There will be two powerful demons who
will
claim to be the prophets Moses and
Elijah.
They will come with the beast. The
three
of them will appear to be God, Moses
and
Elijah.

The two demons who pretend to be Moses
and
Elijah are described as a beast in
Revelation
13. They are called a beast with two
horns.
The two horns represent two beings,
one Moses
and the other Elijah.

"11 Then I saw another beast coming
up out of the earth, and he had two
horns
like a lamb and spoke like a dragon.
12 And
he exercises all the authority of the
first
beast in his presence, and causes the
earth
and those who dwell in it to worship
the
first beast, whose deadly wound was
healed."
Rev 13:11-12

The demons pretending to be Moses and
Elijah
will be gentle and kind like a lamb
but their
words will be the words of Satan. They
will
have great power and authority. They
will
tell people to worship the first beast.
This
first beast is Satan. He appears to
be God
and people will adore and worship him.

Fire from heaven and miracles
"13 He performs great signs, so
that
he even makes fire come down from heaven
on the earth in the sight of men. 14
And
he deceives those who dwell on the
earth
by those signs which he was granted
to do
in the sight of the beast." Revelation
13:13-14

The demon who is pretending to be Elijah
will call down fire from heaven to
prove
that the beast (Satan) is God.

The demon who is pretending to be Moses
will
work miracles to prove that the beast
(Satan)
is God.

"16 He causes all, both small
and great,
rich and poor, free and slave, to receive
a mark on their right hand or on their
foreheads,
17 and that no one may buy or sell
except
one who has the mark or the name of
the beast,
or the number of his name." Revelation
13:16-17

After Satan and his demons have been
on earth
for a few months the two demons pretending
to be the prophets Moses and Elijah
will
force people to receive a mark on their
right
hand or on their forehead. They will
enforce
the mark of the beast.

Read on to find out how do you get
the mark
of the beast?

How do you get the Mark of the Beast?
First of all, you can’t get the mark
of the
beast accidentally. You can’t get it
without
meaning to. The mark of the beast is
not
a disease and it is not contagious.

You will get the mark of the beast
by making
a conscious choice to receive it. There
will
be a magnificent, powerful, loving
being
on earth claiming to be God. There
will be
two glorious, powerful prophets with
him
who claim to be the prophets Moses
and Elijah.
The three of them will convince almost
everyone
in the world to worship this beautiful,
charismatic
being who looks like God. They will
convince
almost everyone in the world to get
his mark.

These three beings will offer protection,
eternal life, peace and prosperity
to people
if they will worship the being claiming
to
be God and receive his special mark
as a
symbol of their allegiance. This is
the mark
of the beast.

666 versions of the mark of the beast
There will be 666 different options
or versions
of the mark. The beast will have 666
slightly
different names that all claim to be
God.
One of these names will seem appropriate
and attractive to each person on earth.
For
example, Christians believe that Jesus
Christ
will come again, the Jews believe that
the
Messiah is coming. So when the beast
arrives
on earth he will claim to be Jesus
Christ
to the Christians and he will offer
them
a version of his mark that is Christian.
He will claim to be Messiah to the
Jews and
he will offer them a mark that is Jewish.

Most people will be deceived into believing
that they should get the mark of the
beast.
They will line up to get it. They will
feel
honored to get it.

But please note that this awesome being
is
not God. You should not worship him.
He is
the beast. He is Satan. You should
avoid
his mark at all costs. You will not
receive
peace, prosperity or eternal life.
All 666
versions of the mark of the beast are
false
and dangerous.

Read on to find out what will happen
to you
if you get the mark of the beast.

What if you get the Mark of the Beast?
Here is a very important point. If
you choose
to get the mark of the beast you are
choosing
to worship the beast and give him your
allegiance.
You will be worshiping Satan. You will
be
breaking the first of the ten commandments.
In the first commandment God says,

"You shall have no other gods
before
Me.” Exodus 20:3

If you worship the beast you are placing
another god before the true God of
heaven.

If you choose one of the beast’s 666
names
to be put on your forehead or on your
right
hand you are choosing to worship the
beast
as your god. You will be worshiping
a false
god and will receive the undiluted
wrath
of the true God who lives in heaven.

Allowed to buy and sell
It will seem like a good idea to get
the
mark of the beast because then you
will be
able to buy and sell. You can buy food
and
water. You can buy medicine and clothes
for
your family. You can continue to work
at
your job and get paid.

Mark of the beast brings the complete
wrath
of God
Receiving the mark of the beast has
a very
serious consequence.

The most solemn, fiery threat in the
Bible
applies to anyone who receives the
mark of
the beast.

"If anyone worships the beast
and his
image, and receives his mark on his
forehead
or on his hand, he himself shall also
drink
of the wine of the wrath of God, which
is
poured out full strength into the cup
of
His indignation. He shall be tormented
with
fire and brimstone in the presence
of the
holy angels and in the presence of
the Lamb.
And the smoke of their torment ascends
forever
and ever; and they have no rest day
or night,
who worship the beast and his image,
and
whoever receives the mark of his name."
Revelation 14:9-11

If you receive the mark of the beast
you
will receive the full wrath of God.
His wrath
will not have any mercy mixed in with
it.

Everyone who has the mark of the beast
will
receive seven terrible plagues. The
1st plague
will be terrible, painful sores.

"So the first went and poured
out his
bowl upon the earth, and a foul and
loathsome
sore came upon the men who had the
mark of
the beast and those who worshiped his
image."
Revelation 16:2

Get the mark of the beast and die eternally
Beyond receiving 7 plagues full of
the wrath
of God, the people who receive the
mark of
the beast will lose the opportunity
to live
forever. They will die eternally instead.

Read on to find out what will happen
to you
if you refuse the mark of the beast.

What if you refuse the Mark of the Beast?
If you refuse to get the mark of the
beast
you will not be allowed to buy anything
or
to sell anything. You will not get
paid for
your work. You will not be able to
buy food,
medicine, water, fuel, clothes or anything
at all. You will be cut off from support
and most likely you will be killed.

Can’t buy or sell without the mark
of the
beast
“He causes all, both small and great,
rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive
a mark
on their right hand or on their foreheads,
and that no one may buy or sell except
one
who has the mark or the name of the
beast,
or the number of his name.” Revelation
13:16,17

You will be hated and likely killed
"Now brother will deliver up brother
to death, and a father his child; and
children
will rise up against parents and cause
them
to be put to death. And you will be
hated
by all for My name's sake. But he who
endures
to the end will be saved." Matthew
10:21,22

You will be forced to get the mark
of the
beast. If you refuse the mark of the
beast
you will not be allowed to buy anything
or
sell anything. You may be put in prison
and
you may be killed.

So why would anyone refuse the mark
of the
beast?

Refuse the mark of the beast and live
eternally
Some wise people will refuse to worship
the
beast and to receive the mark of the
beast.
They will choose to worship the God
of heaven
instead. Many of these people will
be killed.
But a short time later they will be
raised
from the dead and they will live and
reign
with Christ for 1,000 years.

"Then I saw the souls of those
who had
been beheaded for their witness to
Jesus
and for the word of God, who had not
worshiped
the beast or his image, and had not
received
his mark on their foreheads or on their
hands.
And they lived and reigned with Christ
for
a thousand years." Revelation
20:4

After the 1000 years is over, the people
who refused the mark of the beast will
live
forever and ever with God. They will
be perfectly
and eternally happy.

Read on to find out why you should
choose
against the mark of the beast.

Choose against the Mark of the Beast
Every person will be required to choose
between
2 options. Please carefully consider
these
2 options:

1. Get the mark of the beast – You
will be
worshiping the beast. The beast is
Satan
claiming to be God. You will be able
to buy
and sell. Many people will like you.
You
can keep your job and your house. But
you
will soon receive the full wrath of
God,
poured out without mercy. You will
die forever.

2. Refuse the mark of the beast – You
will
not be able to buy or sell. People
will hate
you. You will lose your job, your house
and
most likely your life. But God will
have
mercy on you and if you believe in
Him and
worship Him you will live again, forever.

Worship God or Satan?
Every person on earth will worship
one of
two beings. Either it will be the true
God
of heaven or it will be the beast,
who is
Satan claiming to be God.

There is only one way to receive eternal
life and one name to believe in to
receive
salvation.

“the name of Jesus Christ . . . Nor
is there
salvation in any other, for there is
no other
name under heaven given among men by
which
we must be saved." Acts 4:10-12

There are many ways to be lost and
many false
gods to worship. The beast will have
666
approved names that all claim to be
God but
are all false.

Enter by the narrow gate; for wide
is the
gate and broad is the way that leads
to destruction,
and there are many who go in by it.
Because
narrow is the gate and difficult is
the way
which leads to life, and there are
few who
find it." Matthew 7:13,14

Each person will either take God’s
name or
take one of the beast’s 666 names.
God has
only 1 name and 1 way – the right way.
Satan
has 666 names, 666 ways – all wrong.

Whose way will you choose? Whose name
will
you choose? Whom will you worship?

Read on to learn who is the beast?

Who is the Beast in Revelation 13?
“And I saw a beast rising up out of
the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns, and
on
his horns ten crowns, and on his heads
a
blasphemous name.” Revelation 13:1

The most solemn warning in the Bible
is given
to people who worship the beast. This
warning
includes the threat of receiving God’s
wrath.

“If anyone worships the beast and his
image
and receives his mark on the forehead
or
on the hand, he, too, will drink of
the wine
of God's fury, which has been poured
full
strength into the cup of his wrath.”
Revelation
14:9,10

If you worship the beast and receive
his
mark you will receive the complete
wrath
of God. So it is very important to
understand
who the beast is so you can avoid worshiping
him.

First of all, the beast is not a wild
animal
like a tiger or a lion. He is not a
literal
animal.

Second, the beast is not a person,
a country,
or a human organization. So who is
the beast?
What does the beast represent?

The Beast is Satan claiming to be God
The beast is a symbol for Satan. But
here’s
the catch. Satan will come to earth
disguised
as God. He will wear a costume that
makes
him appear to be God. He will take
on the
appearance of God. But he is not God.
He
is Satan, the great deceiver.

Satan has been on the earth for thousands
of years. But most of the time he has
not
been visible to human eyesight. He
has existed
in the spirit world. Soon he will transform
himself into a being that looks and
sounds
like God.

Satan will become visible to us and
he will
be disguised as God. He will have the
appearance
of a glorious, heavenly being. The
Bible
calls him the beast when he comes to
earth
pretending to be God. The beast in
Revelation
13 is Satan masquerading as God.

Read on to learn what will the beast
will
look like when he comes to earth?

What does the Beast look like?
When Satan comes to earth in a visible
body
he will be glorious, impressive, attractive
and charismatic.

People will recognize that he is stronger
and more majestic than a mere human
being.
People will be convinced by their senses
that Satan is God. The book of Revelation
calls him the beast.

The beast will speak in a melodious
voice
and he will have friendly, loving eyes.
He
will be gentle and kind. His appearance
will
dazzle and charm people. He will be
extremely
powerful.

The Beast will look like God
People will believe that the beast
is God.
They will be entranced and drawn to
him.
They will have an almost irresistible
desire
to worship the beast.

“And I saw a beast coming out of the
sea.
He had ten horns and seven heads, with
ten
crowns on his horns, and on each head
a blasphemous
name.” Revelation 13:1

When Satan comes to earth looking like
God
and claiming to be God, he will have
seven
symbolic heads. Each head will have
a blasphemous
name.

Blasphemy is claiming to be God when
you
aren’t God. Satan will claim to be
God even
though he is not God. He will give
himself
seven names that are variations of
God’s
name.

The 10 horns that the beast has are
10 of
Satan’s leading demons. These 10 demons
will
be kings and rule with Satan. This
is why
each of them is wearing a crown.

Read on to find out when will the beast
come
to earth?

When will the Beast come to earth?
The beast will arrive on the earth
in the
very near future. The whole world will
quickly
become aware of his coming. He will
not arrive
in secret.

The beast will have a supernatural
and glorious
arrival on earth. He will look like
God.
People on earth will worship him. Most
people
will be deceived into believing that
he is
God.

The beast is not God. He is Satan himself.
But he will come to earth disguised
as God.

There are 5 major events that will
happen
on earth just before the beast comes.

Worldwide Earthquake
Very soon there will be a worldwide
earthquake.
This major earthquake will shake the
whole
world. It will be accompanied by thunder,
lightning and noises.

“Then the angel took the censer, filled
it
with fire from the altar, and threw
it to
the earth. And there were noises, thunderings,
lightnings, and an earthquake.” Revelation
8:5

Shortly after the first worldwide earthquake
there will be 4 severe calamities.
They are
called trumpets in the Bible. These
four
trumpets will devastate the earth.

Trumpet 1
“The first angel sounded: And hail
and fire
followed, mingled with blood, and they
were
thrown to the earth. And a third of
the trees
were burned up, and all green grass
was burned
up.” Revelation 8:7

A barrage of meteorites hits the earth
and
thousands of fires are ignited. The
crops
that are ready for harvest are burned
up
and 1/3 of the trees in the forests
are burned
up.

Trumpet 2
“Then the second angel sounded: And
something
like a great mountain burning with
fire was
thrown into the sea, and a third of
the sea
became blood. And a third of the living
creatures
in the sea died, and a third of the
ships
were destroyed.” Revelation 8:8,9

An asteroid the size of a mountain
plummets
into the ocean. 1/3 of the ships that
are
sailing on the ocean are sunk and 1/3
of
the fish die. The ocean becomes like
blood.

Trumpet 3
“Then the third angel sounded: And
a great
star fell from heaven, burning like
a torch,
and it fell on a third of the rivers
and
on the springs of water. The name of
the
star is Wormwood. A third of the waters
became
wormwood, and many men died from the
water,
because it was made bitter.” Revelation
8:10,11

An asteroid falls to the earth, blazing
with
fire. The asteroid contains a bitter
contaminant.
One third of the rivers and springs
of water
are poisoned. Many people die from
drinking
the water.

Trumpet 4
“Then the fourth angel sounded: And
a third
of the sun was struck, a third of the
moon,
and a third of the stars, so that a
third
of them were darkened. A third of the
day
did not shine, and likewise the night.”
Revelation
8:12

One third of the sun, moon and stars
are
darkened and the day and night turn
dark.
The smoke and ejecta from the first
three
trumpets darkens the air and the sky.

The first four trumpets occur over
the course
of a few days. They cause worldwide
devastation
and they get the attention of everyone
on
the earth.

These calamities are acts of God. They
are
not caused by man or by Satan. It is
evident
that God has interrupted the lives
of people
on earth. People are frightened beyond
description.
“Is God angry with us?” they are wondering.
Preachers are calling on people to
repent
and return to God.

The Beast comes to earth
Within a month or two after these four
disasters
occur, the beast will come. He will
say that
he is God and that people must repent
of
their sins and return to him. But he
is not
God. He is Satan and people should
not worship
or follow him.

The first beast in Revelation 13 is
Satan,
pretending to be God.

Read on to find out who is the second
beast
in Revelation 13?

The second beast in Revelation 13
The second beast in Revelation 13 will
arrive
on the earth at the same time as the
first
beast. These two beasts will come together
and they will work together.

“Then I saw another beast coming up
out of
the earth, and he had two horns like
a lamb
and spoke like a dragon. And he exercises
all the authority of the first beast
in his
presence, and causes the earth and
those
who dwell in it to worship the first
beast,
whose deadly wound was healed.” Revelation
13:11,12

Notice these characteristics of the
second
beast:

1. Two horns
2. Like a lamb
3. Speaks like a dragon
4. Exercises authority in the presence
of
the first beast
5. Forces those who dwell on the earth
to
worship the first beast

Second beast has 2 horns
The second beast in Revelation 13 has
two
horns. These two horns represent two
of Satan’s
demons. These two demons will appear
to be
gentle and harmless, like a Lamb. But
they
will speak the words of Satan, who
is the
dragon.

These two demons will be continually
in the
presence of the beast. Their goal and
objective
is to force every person on earth to
worship
the first beast. The first beast is
Satan,
claiming that he is God.

Two demons named Moses and Elijah
The second beast in Revelation 13 has
two
horns. These two horns represents two
demons.
One of them will be named Moses and
the other
one will be named Elijah. They will
pretend
to be the prophets Moses and Elijah
from
the Old Testament in the Bible.

“He performs great signs, so that he
even
makes fire come down from heaven on
the earth
in the sight of men. And he deceives
those
who dwell on the earth by those signs
which
he was granted to do in the sight of
the
beast.” Revelation 13:13,14

The demon named Elijah will call down
fire
from heaven to prove that the beast
is God.
This will be like what the prophet
Elijah
did thousands of years ago.

The demon named Moses will work signs
and
miracles. This will be like what the
prophet
Moses did thousands of years ago.

The first beast in Revelation 13 is
Satan,
claiming that he is God. The second
beast
in Revelation 13 is two demons, claiming
to be the prophets of old, Moses and
Elijah.

These two beasts will arrive on earth
at
the same time. Ten leading demons will
come
with the two beasts. These ten demons
are
the ten horns that belong to the first
beast.

“And I saw a beast coming out of the
sea.
He had ten horns and seven heads, with
ten
crowns on his horns, and on each head
a blasphemous
name.” Revelation 13:1

Twelve demons
The 10 demons (10 horns) and the 2
demons
(2 horns) added together make 12 demons.
Satan will have 12 leading demons with
him.

When Jesus was on earth, He had 12
disciples.
When Satan is on earth, claiming to
be God,
he will have 12 leading demons with
him.

There will also be millions of demons
who
come to earth at the same time as the
first
beast and the second beast of Revelation
13. Many of these demons will pretend
to
be angels from heaven.

Other demons will pretend to be people
who
died in the past and went to heaven.
They
will appear on earth in perfect bodies.
They
will not have the defects that the
people
had while they lived on earth. They
will
say that they have come back to earth
to
help and warn their friends and relatives
on earth.

Read on to find out how long will the
beast
be on earth pretending that he is God?

How long will the beast be on earth?
Satan and his demons are currently
confined
to the spirit world. Soon Satan will
be released
from the spirit world and he will come
to
earth in a glorious, physical body.
He will
claim to be God. The Bible calls Satan
the
beast when he is physically on earth,
claiming
to be God.

“And I saw a beast rising up out of
the sea,
having seven heads and ten horns. .
. And
he was given a mouth speaking great
things
and blasphemies, and he was given authority
to continue for forty-two months.”
Revelation
13:1,5

42 months
Revelation 13 tells us that the beast
will
be here on earth for 42 months. This
is equivalent
to 3 ½ years. Satan will be visibly
and physically
on earth for 3 ½ years.

During the 3 ½ years Satan will pretend
that
he is God and he will appear to be
God. He
will deceive most of the people on
earth.
Just about everyone will worship him
as their
god.

Beast cast into lake of fire
At the end of the 3 ½ years, Jesus
will come
the second time to rescue His people
and
take them to heaven. When Jesus comes
the
beast will be cast into the lake of
fire.

“Then the beast was captured, and with
him
the false prophet who worked signs
in his
presence, by which he deceived those
who
received the mark of the beast and
those
who worshiped his image. These two
were cast
alive into the lake of fire burning
with
brimstone.” Revelation 19:20

Satan himself is not destroyed at this
time.
The beast is a costume or disguise
that Satan
uses. The beast is thrown into the
lake of
fire. Satan’s ability to disguise himself
as God is destroyed in the lake of
fire.
Satan will never again be allowed to
pretend
to be God.

Read on to find out who will worship
the
beast?

Who will worship the beast?
The beast is Satan, claiming that he
is God.
Revelation 13:4 reveals how people
will react
when he appears.

“So they worshiped the dragon who gave
authority
to the beast; and they worshiped the
beast,
saying, ‘Who is like the beast? Who
is able
to make war with him?’

The beast will be extremely powerful.
He
is the Satan, the Devil, the dragon,
and
the Serpent of old. He has spent thousands
of years developing and strengthening
his
deceptive powers.

Very soon Satan will transform himself
into
an angel of light. When he appears
as an
angel of light he is called the beast.

“For Satan himself transforms himself
into
an angel of light.” 2 Corinthians 11:14

The whole world will worship the Beast
When Satan comes as the beast he will
have
so much power and authority that the
whole
world will marvel.

“And all the world marveled and followed
the beast.” Revelation 13:3

Almost everyone in the world will worship
the beast.

A few people will choose to worship
the Lamb
instead of the beast. Jesus is called
the
Lamb and Satan is called the beast.
The people
who choose to worship the Lamb will
have
their names written in the Lamb’s book
of
life. Everyone else will worship the
beast.

“All who dwell on the earth will worship
him, whose names have not been written
in
the Book of Life of the Lamb slain
from the
foundation of the world.” Revelation
13:8

Worship the beast and receive the wrath
of
God
The Bible gives a severe warning against
worshiping the beast and receiving
his mark:

“If anyone worships the beast and his
image
and receives his mark on the forehead
or
on the hand, he, too, will drink of
the wine
of God's fury, which has been poured
full
strength into the cup of his wrath.”
Revelation
14:9,10

If you worship the beast and receive
his
mark you will receive the complete
wrath
of God.

Read on to find out how to avoid being
deceived
by the beast. How can I know the beast
isn't
God?

How can I know the beast isn't God?
When Satan comes to earth in a glorious
body
and pretends to be God most of the
people
in the world will believe him. They
will
deluded and will believe his lie.

Second Thessalonians describes what
will
happen when the beast comes. The beast
is
Satan, the lawless one.

“8 And then the lawless one will be
revealed,
whom the Lord will consume with the
breath
of His mouth and destroy with the brightness
of His coming. 9 The coming of the
lawless
one is according to the working of
Satan,
with all power, signs, and lying wonders,
10 and with all unrighteous deception
among
those who perish, because they did
not receive
the love of the truth, that they might
be
saved. 11 And for this reason God will
send
them strong delusion, that they should
believe
the lie.” 2 Thessalonians 2:8-11

Satan will be extremely powerful and
he will
work miracles and signs. He will lie
and
deceive almost every person.

Words will contradict the Bible
There will only be one way to differentiate
the lawless one from the God that he
claims
to be. The words that Satan speaks
will not
agree with the Bible.

“To the law and to the testimony! If
they
do not speak according to this word,
it is
because there is no light in them.”
Isaiah
8:20

Satan will speak words that contradict
the
word of God. He will mix in a few lies
with
a lot of truth. But when you mix in
a little
poison with good food the result is
poisonous
food.

When you mix in a little black paint
with
white paint, the result is gray paint.
So
when Satan mixes in lies with truth
the result
is deception.

Very soon a glorious being is going
to show
up on earth and claim that he is God.
Please
listen carefully to his words and test
everything
he says against the Bible.

“These were more fair-minded than those
in
Thessalonica, in that they received
the word
with all readiness, and searched the
Scriptures
daily to find out whether these things
were
so.” Acts 17:11

Breaks the ten commandments
Notice that Satan is called the “lawless
one”. He does not keep the law of God
and
he will lead his followers to disobey
the
law of God.

Satan will tell people that since he
is God
that he has the right and the ability
to
change the ten commandments. He will
expect
people to obey his changed version.
But his
words will not agree with the ten commandments
and he should not be obeyed or worshiped.

Read on to learn about the mark of
the beast.

The Mark of the Beast
The mark of the beast is coming soon.
Getting
the mark of the beast will have eternal
consequences.

Learn what the mark of the beast is,
who
will get it, and when they will get
it.

What will happen to you if you get
the mark
of the beast? What if you refuse the
mark
of the beast?

Revelation 13 contains a Bible prophecy
that
will be fulfilled very soon. It will
affect
you and every other person on earth.
Satan
does not want you to know what the
mark of
the beast is. Take a few minutes to
learn
about this important Bible prophecy.

Don’t get the mark of the beast
If you worship the beast and receive
the
mark of the beast you will receive
the complete
wrath of God. The book of Revelation
in the
Bible gives us this strong warning:

“If anyone worships the beast and his
image
and receives his mark on the forehead
or
on the hand, he, too, will drink of
the wine
of God's fury, which has been poured
full
strength into the cup of his wrath.”
Revelation
14:9,10

If you get the mark of the beast God’s
complete
wrath will be poured out on you.

Mark of the beast required
“He causes all, both small and great,
rich
and poor, free and slave, to receive
a mark
on their right hand or on their foreheads,
and that no one may buy or sell except
one
who has the mark or the name of the
beast,
or the number of his name.” Revelation
13:16-17

When you are required by law to get
the mark
of the beast and when you can’t buy
or sell
without it how will you live?